Tied to no particular set of computer-aided logic design tools, it advocates the new emphasis in VLSI design. Includes support of layout synthesis from description in a register transfer level language as well as from design capture. Contains a detailed introduction to Boolean algebra, Karnaugh maps and sequential circuits. In this edition discussion of combination logic has been extended; switching circuits updated; a comprehensive treatment of test generation for VLSI included.

This book provides readers with an up-to-date account of the use of machine learning frameworks, methodologies, algorithms and techniques in the context of computer-aided design (CAD) for very-large-scale integrated circuits (VLSI). Coverage includes the various machine learning methods used in lithography, physical design, yield prediction, post-silicon performance analysis, reliability and failure analysis, power and thermal analysis, analog design, logic synthesis, verification, and neuromorphic design. Provides up-to-date information on machine learning in VLSI CAD for device modeling, layout verifications, yield prediction, post-silicon validation, and reliability; Discusses the use of machine learning techniques in the context of analog and digital synthesis; Demonstrates how to formulate VLSI CAD objectives as machine learning problems and provides a comprehensive treatment of their efficient solutions; Discusses the tradeoff between the cost of collecting data and prediction accuracy and provides a methodology for using prior data to reduce cost of data collection in the design, testing and validation of both analog and digital VLSI designs. From the Foreword As the semiconductor industry embraces the rising swell of cognitive systems and edge intelligence, this book could serve as a harbinger and example of the osmosis that will exist between our cognitive structures and methods, on the one hand, and the hardware architectures and technologies that will support them, on the other....As we transition from the computing era to the cognitive one, it behooves us to remember the success story of VLSI CAD and to earnestly seek the help of the invisible hand so that our future cognitive systems are used to design more powerful cognitive systems. This book is very much aligned with this on-going transition from computing to cognition, and it is with deep pleasure that I recommend it to all those who are actively engaged in this exciting transformation. Dr. Ruchir Puri, IBM Fellow, IBM Watson CTO & Chief Architect, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center

This book is concerned with the use of Computer-Aided Design (CAD) in the device and process development of Very-Large-Scale-Integrated Circuits (VLSI). The emphasis is in Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor (MOS) technology. State-of-the-art device and process development are presented. This book is intended as a reference for engineers involved in VLSI develop ment who have to solve many device and process problems. CAD specialists will also find this book useful since it discusses the organization of the simula tion system, and also presents many case studies where the user applies the CAD tools in different situations. This book is also intended as a text or reference for graduate students in the field of integrated circuit fabrication. Major areas of device physics and processing are described and illustrated with Simulations. The material in this book is a result of several years of work on the implemen tation of the simulation system, the refinement of physical models in the simulation programs, and the application of the programs to many cases of device developments. The text began as publications in journals and con ference proceedings, as weil as lecture notes for a Hewlett-Packard internal CAD course. This book consists of two parts. It begins with an overview of the status of CAD in VLSI, which pointsout why CAD is essential in VLSI development. Part A presents the organization of the two-dimensional simulation system.

The summer school on VLSf GAD Tools and Applications was held from July 21 through August 1, 1986 at Beatenberg in the beautiful Bernese Oberland in Switzerland. The meeting was given under the auspices of IFIP WG 10. 6 VLSI, and it was sponsored by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Switzerland. Eighty-one professionals were invited to participate in the summer school, including 18 lecturers. The 81 participants came from the following countries: Australia (1), Denmark (1), Federal Republic of Germany (12), France (3), Italy (4), Norway (1), South Korea (1), Sweden (5), United Kingdom (1), United States of America (13), and Switzerland (39). Our goal in the planning for the summer school was to introduce the audience into the realities of CAD tools and their applications to VLSI design. This book contains articles by all 18 invited speakers that lectured at the summer school. The reader should realize that it was not intended to publish a textbook. However, the chapters in this book are more or less self-contained treatments of the particular subjects. Chapters 1 and 2 give a broad introduction to VLSI Design. Simulation tools and their algorithmic foundations are treated in Chapters 3 to 5 and 17. Chapters 6 to 9 provide an excellent treatment of modern layout tools. The use of CAD tools and trends in the design of 32-bit microprocessors are the topics of Chapters 10 through 16. Important aspects in VLSI testing and testing strategies are given in Chapters 18 and 19.

Techniques for the latest deep-submicron, mega-chip projects. The start-to-finish, state-of-the-art guide to VLSI design. VLSI design is system design. To build high-performance, cost-effective ICs, you must understand all aspects of digital design, from planning and layout to fabrication and packaging. Modern VLSI Design, Second Edition: Systems on Silicon is a comprehensive, "bottom-up" guide to the entire VLSI design process. Emphasizing CMOS, it focuses on the crucial challenges of deep-submicron VLSI design. Coverage includes: Devices and layouts: transistor structures and characteristics, wires, vias, parasitics, design rules, layout design and tools. Logic gates and combinational logic networks, including interconnect delay and crosstalk. Sequential machines and sequential system design. Subsystem design, including high-speed adders, multipliers, ROM, SRAM, SRAM, PGAs and PLAs. Floorplanning, clock distribution and power distribution. Architecture design, including VHDL, scheduling, function unit selection, power and testability. Chip design methodologies, CAD systems and algorithms. Modern VLSI Design, Second Edition: Systems on Silicon offers a complete yet accessible introduction to crosstalk models and optimization. It covers minimizing power consumption at every level of abstraction, from circuits to architecture and new insights into design-for-testability techniques that maximize quality despite quicker turnarounds. It also presents detailed coverage of the algorithms underlying contemporary VLSI computer-aided design software, so designers can understand their tools nomatter which ones they choose. Whether you're a practicing professional or advanced student, this is the sophisticated VLSI design knowledge you need to succeed with tomorrow's most challenging projects.

Modern microprocessors such as Intel's Pentium chip typically contain many millions of transistors. They are known generically as Very Large-Scale Integrated (VLSI) systems, and their sheer scale and complexity has necessitated the development of CAD tools to automate their design. This book focuses on the algorithms which are the building blocks of the design automation software which generates the layout of VLSI circuits. Courses on this area are typically elective courses taken at senior undergrad or graduate level by students of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and sometimes in Computer Science, or Computer Engineering.